Russian troops that have beseiged the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol have waged a kind of war that should be considered crimes against humanity. They bombed a maternity hospital. They have shelled schools and hospitals where civilians have gathered to seek shelter, including a theater where ...

Rebate or reduction? THUMBS DOWN: At this point, with inflation really starting to take a bite out of people’s wallets and gas pump prices making people seriously take up walking more, it’s time for the state Legislature to start sending some of that $9 billion in surplus funds back our ...

With its inability to pass even the most basic and common sense legislation in a timely fashion, the Minnesota Legislature has hit Minnesota’s employers with a huge tax increase. This increase could have been avoided if the state had just agreed to repay the debt in the Minnesota ...

The State of Texas, like a lot of Republican dominated states, passed voting restriction legislation that they claimed would “make it easier to vote and harder to cheat.” So how is it working? In the March 1 Texas primary this year, the state threw out 23,000 mail-in ballots, roughly 13% ...

It is easy to view the accusations of anti-gay harassment during the New Ulm/St. Peter basketball games this winter as an isolated incident. When a New Ulm player or players harassed and physically harmed a St. Peter player who is gay, it was an ugly thing, and those responsible should be held ...

Legislative members attending the New Ulm Farm-City Hub Club Farm Show Saturday gave generously of their time to answer questions in a legislative forum devoted to farm issues. No doubt it took them that long to try to explain why the Minnesota Legislature still hasn’t passed legislation ...